GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

Evening Star, Issue 23422, 13 November 1939, Page 8

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

THE FOURSOMES IMPROVED WEATHER CONDITIONS [Feb United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, November 13. Perfect conditions prevailed for the fourth day of the New Zealand golf champions’uips at Miramar. The players welcomed the sunshine and a light southerly breeze after the boisterous northerly weather on the first two days. To-day’s events, the amateur and professional championship foursomes, produced some brilliant play. The competitors are playing two rounds in both events. • One ol the strongest amateur combinations, Hornabrook and Silk, could not better 77. Hornabrook played the better of the pair, but both were indifferent at times. They struck a bad patch at the thirteenth, where Silk’s tee shot found the ditch, and Hornabrook had to pick out for a penalty. An excellent 74 was returned by “ Pax ” Smith and Glading, who both played steady golf. They took 37 both out and home. . Holland, who performed creditably in the open, and P. Quinn were also round in 75 to bb among the leaders in the first round. The holders of the professional foursomes title, Murray and Shaw, dovetailed perfectly for an outstanding round of 70. Both played consistently well in all departments of the game, their approach shots and putting being strong features. Guy and Weir finished with <0 to share the lead with Murray and Shaw. Accurate chipping and deadly putting contributed in no small measure to their sensational figure of 32 for the first nine holes Tney took 33 coming back. Scores; — AMATEURS, —First Round. — P. Quinn and R. Holland 74 Pax Smith and R. H. Glading ... 74 \V. B. Reilly and 1. A. Ewen ... 7o J. Nash and P. Francis ... J. P. Hornabrook and B. M. Silk 77 D. Graham and D. Collins 77 A. R. and R. F. Kitto <8 6. Ussher and J. Shelly 78 A. Clelland and B. Caulton J. Colwill and H, M‘Lean io J. L. Black and M. Moore 80 I. Cromb and E. Pnmphrey 80 H. A. Black and A. Donaghue ... 80 H. Longstaff and J. Parker 80 R. Qimeron and E. Henderson ... 80 C. Schadick and L. Watson ... ... 80 George Roberts and J. Mortland ... 81 F. Dixon and F. Kerr 81 C. Swinburne and H. Gyles 81 J. Tunnell and L. Quinn 81 F. Huggins and J. Hussey ...■ ... 81 E. Moriarty and E. Butler 81 E. Fletcher and W. Robertson ... 81 A. H. Boyd and D. Bennie ... ... 82 A. Sime and J. M'Dougall ta J. Jeffery and B. Kiornan 82 D. Irwin and J. Johnston 82 R. H. Glading and J. Goss 83 H. Hansen and R. Hayward ... 83 W. Davidge and R. Carr 84 E. Thomson and W. Dillicar 86 J. Morrison and D. B. Stratmore 87 K. J. Smith and L. Moorhouse ... 87 C. Hayes and A. Hood ... 88 T. Gibson and K. Thrush 89 PROFESSIONALS. —First Round. — . Alex. Murra.tarid A. Ji Shaw ... 70 A. E. Guy and J. Weir 70 N. H. Fuller and George Watt ... 74 J. A. Clements and iR. Jackson ... 75 J. Lambic and A. H. Dyke ... .... 76 B. J. Smith, juh. and E. S. Douglas 77 W. All bon and C. C. Clements ... 77 T. S. and James Galloway 78 R. Butters and 'Bert Stratmore ... 78 J. MTntosh and A. Sheriff 80 H. R. Blair and G. Melvin 82 B. J. Smith, sen., and K. Williams 84 F. Bryant arid P. Maughan 84 James and John'Watt 85 Lindsay Ross and D. M. Boyd ... 88